Beer-faucet cooler.



No. 642,243. Patented Jan. 30, I900.

J. MORAN &

BEER FA (Application (No Model.)

UNTTTn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.lAlllES lllORAN AND ROBERT I. I'IOEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BEER-FAUCET COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,243, dated January 30, 1900. Application filed September 7,1899. Serial No. 729,678. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES MORAN and ROBERT P. HOE Y,citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Beer-Faucet Coolers; and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to a device which is designed for cooling beer at the point where it is drawn from the casks.

It consists of a suitably-constructed nonconducting casing fitting over the faucet, which passes directly therethrough, and properly secured against the head of the keg or cask, said casing being adapted to contain ice or other refrigerant material, the effect of which is transmitted to the faucet and its contents and also to the contents of the keg through the head thereof.

The invention comprises details of construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a section on line 'y y of Fig. 2 through the head of a cask. Fig. 2 is a simi lar view on line a: of Fig. 1.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and economical attachment which may be readily applied to casks and the fancets thereof, so as to cool the liquid being drawn through the faucet and keep it in a palatable condition with comparatively little cost or expense.

Our attachment, as here shown, consists of a segmental casing A, adapted to contain ice or other refrigerant and to fit over and around the body of the faucet B where it projects from the head of the cask C. This casing is made with double walls, as shown, around the sides and at the top, as shown at D, and the space between these walls is filled with sawdust, charcoal, or any good non-conductor of heat which will prevent the rapid melting of ice which is placed within the inner receptacle A.

That portion of the device which fits against the head of the keg is made with a single wall, so that the full cooling effect of the contents of the ice-chamber may be applied directly to the head of the keg and, being transmitted thcrethrough, will act upon that portion of the beer which is in contact with it, so that all the beer in the immediate proximity of that part of the keg which is in contact with the refrigerant will be sufficiently reduced in temperature to make it very palatable, in addition to which the flow through the faucet, together with the portion which remains within the body of the faucet, will be additionally acted upon by the more direct action of the refrigerant through the metallic body of the faucet.

This device is preferably made with such curvature as to approximately fit within the projecting ends of the staves of the keg or 'cask, and by means of bolts or catches E of any suitable description it is easily made fast at any desired point.

In order to properly introduce the faucet into the keg and to form a tight or close joint around it, movable swinging leaves or plates F are pivoted with relation to the faucetopenings in the device, so that they may be opened or closed with relation thereto. These openings are shown about in line with each other in the lower part of the front and back of the chamber A, and when the plates F are swung apart the faucet can be introduced and driven into the keg. The plates have the inner periphery curved so as to closely fit around the faucet, and the bodies of the plates serve to fit across that portion of the opening which is larger than the faucet, thus closing it completely. The ice or other refrigerant being then placed in the chamber A by opening the top, the latter may be replaced and the action upon the beer or other liquid will commence. A very small quantity of ice is necessary to keep up the action and the result is very effective.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-- 1. A device for cooling liquids, consisting of a segmental refrigerating-casing having double walls, and a double-walled cover, said casing having openings through its opposite ends adapted to receive a faucet whereby the latter passes through the casing interior to the double walls and in direct contact with the refrigerant so as to be surrounded by the latter on all sides, and means for securing the casing against the head of a cask or barrel.

2. A device for cooling beer and other liquids while being drawn, consisting of a segmental, double-walled refrigeratingcasing having holes made therethrough at a point between upper and lower walls and in line conducting material between its walls and adapted to contain ice or other refrigerating material, holes made through said casing at a point interior to upper and lower double walls and in the line of direction of the faucet and through which the latter is passed in direct contact with the ice, and driven into the keg, closures for the openings fitting around the faucet-body and means for securing the device against the head of the keg.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

JAMES MORAN. ROBERT P. HOEY. Witnesses:

HENRY P. TRIooN, S. THORN. 

